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Advice on what to tell siblings and other children and young people (CYP) at diagnosis.

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There is a wealth of information widely available to patients and families. Families are usually given information from the centre they are diagnosed in.

When a cancer diagnosis is suspected, and when a cancer diagnosis is confirmed.

The information on this page may help you answer questions that may arise in consultations with family members of a child or young person (CYP) with cancer. It will also offer an understanding of the support the family receives from their unit.

In this section of the resource you will find introductory information about children and young people’s cancer services.

Children are seen in both primary (GP), emergency care and secondary care (local hospital) when they present with symptoms. Suspicion of cancer leads to referral to one of the UK or Ireland, tertiary specialist children’s cancer centres, known as Principal Treatment Centres, for diagnosing and treating cancer in children and young people 0-16 years.

In this section of the resource you will find information about some of the commonest challenges faced by children with cancer.

Fatigue is a common and often debilitating side-effect of cancer treatment or sometimes of the cancer itself.